Former Cavaliers GM says 76ers have 'leg up' on LeBron James-stakes

Former Cavaliers GM says 76ers have 'leg up' on LeBron James-stakes

When Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals wound down, it was a similar story for the Cleveland Cavaliers as the one we’ve seen throughout the entire season. LeBron James was dominant with 29 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the field. Unfortunately, his teammates were unable to push the team over the top, though.

The Cavaliers now find themselves in a 0-2 hole and the popular belief remains that James will leave town in free agency this coming offseason. Whether or not that proves true remains to be seen, but at least one former member of the Cavaliers organization is buying into the LeBron-to-Philly hype a bit.

Over the weekend, former Cavaliers general manager David Griffin joined Zach Gelb of CBS Sports Radio to address a wide range of topics relating to the Sixers. This, of course, included the whole Twitter scandal with Bryan Colangelo, but also the future of LeBron.

Griffin told Gelb that he believes the Sixers have a “leg up” on potentially landing the superstar in free agency.

“I do think it’s significant, though, that Rich Paul is the representative for Ben Simmons as well. So he’s going to know the organization very well. And I think that will certainly give them a leg up because I know Brett Brown is somebody that you’re going to look at when you’re LeBron…I think because Ben has intimate knowledge of coach Brown, that’ll probably help.”

While this doesn’t exactly point to James unquestionably having interest in signing with the team, Griffin does make a good point.

The more positive info that can be put into LeBron’s ear about the Sixers organization, the better the chances are that he’ll opt to team up with Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, and company.

Time will tell, but based on how disappointing these NBA Finals have started for the Cavaliers, it’s hard to envision the four-time MVP staying with his current team.

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